Portland Bridge Review

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Bridge Research Project

1. Students will create a mind map using Popplet. Their mind maps will be about various bridges across the world. I will give them some “inspirational bridges” that they are more than welcome to research (i.e. the Golden Gate Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge, etc.), but they can also find a bridge of their own to do more research on. Their mind maps will include:

   1. The location of the bridge

   2. A brief history of the bridge

   3. The type of bridge (i.e. truss, arch, suspension, etc.)

   4. Fun facts

   5. Why they chose the specific bridge.

2. Students will then create a book using BookCreator about their bridge with the use of their mind maps. Their mind maps will act as their writing outline, so they can easily organize their ideas as they wish. The book will include all of the elements that make up the mind maps, however, they do not need to use all of the details that they have in the mind map (reference my examples to see what I mean!). The students may also add an “about the author” section at the end of the book and write about where they’re from, how old they are, and what they learned from their research. After students create their books, our class will have an entire library of bridges that we can use for the rest of the school year and the years to come!

3. Students will fill out a Google Form to provide some feedback for me!